Frailty, dementia linked to surgery readmissions

Within 30 days of a surgery, 11.6% of patients over 65 are readmitted to a hospital. That more than doubles after 180 days following a major surgery, in which 27.6% return to the hospital, according to a study led by researchers from the Yale School of Medicine in New Haven, Conn.

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